January 07, 2013

This Day In Hockey History: Jan 7th

1980 - Minnesota North Stars beat Philadelphia 7-1 to end the Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak (25-0-10). The game took place before 15,962 fans at Minnesota, the largest crowd in team history.

1981 - Kings' Marcel Dionne became 14th player in NHL history to score 1,000 career points. His milestone came in a 5-3 win at Hartford, in Dionne's 740th career game. At the time it was fastest 1,000 points in NHL history.

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